“Life is a lot like jazz.. it's best when you improvise.”
George Gershwin
“Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we make up to describe things -- all that to me is jazz just as much as the music we play.”
Nina Simone
“For Peter, jazz was more than just a form of music, it was a way of looking at life.”
David Westin
“Jazz is cultural music in New Orleans. It's part of the fabric of everyday life, and everybody knows the music. It's always going to be a part of it.”
Donald Harrison
“There is the understanding of the music and culture of the area. The band has studied the idea of the jazz funeral procession and how New Orleans residents use that as a time of mourning and a celebration of life.”
Wade Presley
“Playing jazz has been my whole life, from the age of ten. It's the only thing I know.”
John Haley Sims
“If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.”
Lou Reed
